Cultivating communication for a lifetime of achievement!
What People Are Saying
“Our three year old son just finished three months of speech therapy for a mild speech delay. My son loved his therapist Sarina and looked forward to his weekly sessions with her. She was so kind, friendly, patient and great with kids. She explained everything to us really well and made excellent recommendations about how we could support him at home. He has made tremendous improvement in just a few months and is now much less frustrated when communicating. Our family and friends even noticed the difference in his speech. We couldn't have asked for a better therapist. Thank you Sarina!" ”
Advanced Speech Therapy of Los Altos
Advanced Speech Therapy of Los Altos is owned by Sarina O'Keeffe, M.A., CCC-SLP. Sarina is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist. We provide individualized speech therapy to children in a warm and educational family-centered environment.
Does your child need speech therapy?
According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), signs of language problems include:
- Not smiling or engaging with others (beginning at birth and by 3 months)
- Not babbling (i.e., ba-ba,da-da) (beginning at 4 months and by 7 months)
- Making only a few sounds. Not using gestures (i.e., waving or pointing). (beginning at 7 months and by 12 months)
- Not understanding what others say (beginning at 7 months and by 2 years)
- Saying only a few words (beginning at 12 months and by 18 months)
- Not putting two words together (beginning at 1.5 years and by 2 years)
- Saying fewer than 50 words (by 2 years)
- Having trouble playing and talking with other children (beginning at 2 years by 3 years)
- Having problems with early reading and writing (beginning at 2.5 years and by 3 years)
According to ASHA, signs of a speech sound disorder in young children include:
- Not saying p, b, m, h, and w the right way in words most of the time (beginning at 1 year and by 2 years)
- Not saying k, g, f, t, d, and n the right way in words most of the time. Being hard to understand, even to people who know the child well (beginning at 2 years and by 3 years)
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